I'm hungry! Please pass the grass.

[Braxton]

Oops. I didn't see the second page to this thread. Oh well.

Braxton

[hardboiled]

Grass types

Braxton, Scotts and Ortho both have books on Lawns which will help on identifying grasses (and caring for them). I'm sure there are better sources, but these are readily available at stores like Sears, Home Depot and the like.

[Woody]

Hardboiled:

D. Stramonium has either white, or purple flowers (I have the purple ones), with sharp points on them. They open in the evening. The plant itself looks like something straight out of hell. All leaves have sharp points, seed pods are covered with very sharp spines, and the above mentioned points on the flowers. Everything about this plant says "stay away"! One would do well to stay away from this plant. Even smelling the flowers can bring on a headache.

I have also seen the "tree" variety (D. brugmansia??), which was a beautiful plant indeed. Rainbow colored leaves, smooth seed pods. The embodiment of psychedelia in a plant. I believe this variety is from India.

Woody

[hardboiled]

The trees are pretty. A neighbor has one. The first one I saw was at the Cuneo Museum, an estate in Lincolnshire(?) that has a large greenhouse on the property.
Am I correct that some of the daturas are also called locoweed or gymson weed which causes horses to freak when eaten? I also remember hearing of a religion that drinks the tea from a variety of it during their services in order to attain a higher level of spirituality. I believe that was in Central or South America.

[J&F Lawn Care]

bamboo

bamboo is my guess, you could make bridges out of it

[Ric]

bamboo is my guess, you could make bridges out of it

J&F

Bamboo is in the grass Family and The Grass family of Plants. Grass type Plants are the Number one Economical important plant in the world Followed by Palms at # 2 and Trees at # 3.

BTW I have Bamboo growing on my own property and make Tikki Huts with it. I use Palm Fronds as roofing and wall covering.

[hardboiled]

BTW I have Bamboo growing on my own property and make Tikki Huts with it. I use Palm Fronds as roofing and wall covering.

Thats cool! My wife would love to have me build one in our back yard. We did our honeymoon and a following vacation on Little Cayman. The Southern Cross Club had built one at the end of their pier (which was rebuilt after a hurricane took it out). The local islanders helped to weave the fronds for the roof. Do you do the weaving or are you just layering them on. Any pictures you can post?

[Ric]

Hardboiled

The way I build them, the Bamboo services as the structure and the palm fronds are layered. What you must under stand is, although the material is free, collecting good material takes time. Construction can go slowly also if you tie them. However if you use lumber instead of Bamboo a Nail gun can make it go faster. Bamboo does not like nails however palm fronds do.

There are many many styles of building these. Although I lived in Asian and the South Pacific I use more of a Native America style of building them. I do not weave.

Sorry no pictures it has been a while since I built one. However I will be building a Large Tikki Hut in my nursery to sever as a retail office Hopefully this Winter (if hurricane Charley has left any good fronds) and will post Picture at that time. Hopefully the Tikki Hut will be a conversation piece and bring in some business. Now like all things, The more you do it, the better you get.

[Seascape]

BTW I have Bamboo growing on my own property and make Tikki Huts with it. I use Palm Fronds as roofing and wall covering.

Thats cute !